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  1. About Us
    1. About Us
    2. The Team
    3. Member Organisations
    4. Governance
  2. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    1. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
      1. Social Care and Social Work
      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      1. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      2. Meet the team
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
      1. Primary and Community Health Services
      2. Meet the team
    6. Living Well with Dementia
      1. Living Well with Dementia
      2. Meet the team
    7. Co-production
      1. Co-production
      2. Meet the team
    8. Public Health
      1. Public Health
      2. Meet the team
    9. Digital Innovation
      1. Digital Innovation
      2. Meet the team
    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
      1. Economics of Health and Social Care
      2. Meet the team
    11. Implementation
      1. Implementation
      2. Meet the team
    12. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      1. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      2. Meet the team
    13. Knowledge Mobilisation
      1. Knowledge Mobilisation
      2. Meet the team
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
    4. Support for researchers
    5. Resources
    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Inclusive Research
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Previous Research Weeks
    7. NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South EastNIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South East
    8. Building social care research capacity
  5. Resource Library
  6. Events
  7. News
  8. Contact Us

We’re updating our website

We are currently updating the ARC KSS website to reflect our new funding and the changes it brings to our programme of work.  These changes will take place over the course of the next few months.

Please bear with us while we work behind the scenes to make these improvements. We thank you for your patience.

In the meantime, if you need help finding anything, please contact spft.arcksscommunications@nhs.net

The Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex is launching the second round of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Health and Care Professional Internship Programme in the South East.

Join our launch webinar on Tuesday 14 July 2026.

If you work in health or care in Kent, Surrey or Sussex and want to learn more about research, this internship programme could be a good next step.

The programme is open to registered health and care professionals who do not have a PhD. This includes people working in nursing, social work, physiotherapy, radiography, pharmacy and other health and care roles. You do not need to be an experienced researcher to apply.

The programme is led by Dr Julie MacInnes, hosted by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. This round will support 33 interns. Each intern can receive up to £10,000 to help cover time, training and activities that support their development.

There are four internship options, depending on your experience and goals. The programme can support you if you are new to research, want to build your confidence, want to develop research leadership skills, or are thinking about a future clinical academic career. Support may include placements, mentoring, taught learning, and small research or service improvement projects.

The programme aims to include professions and communities that are less often represented in research. It welcomes applications from people with different backgrounds and experiences. In this round, 10 of the 33 places are set aside for people working in radiography and pharmacy.

By helping more health and care staff get involved in research, the programme aims to improve services, support better care, and create more opportunities for staff across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

To find out more before applying, join the NIHR HCP Internship round 2 launch webinar on Tuesday 14 July, 12–1pm.

Application packs will be available from 14 July 2026.

Find out more about the programme so far.

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